Food I plan to make, courtesy of my Facebook “saved link” list

By Viki Gonia, December 16, 2015

Whenever I come across a link in my Facebook timeline to a recipe that looks delicious, I click the little arrow and save that link. That list of saved links is really long, and incredibly disorganized, because that’s the nature of that Facebook feature.

My house has been undergoing some remodeling, so the time and space I’ve had to cook the things I want to cook has been limited. This may come as a shock to some of you considering how many photos I post around the internet of the food I’ve cooked. But wait until you see this list and you’ll understand. No one has this kind of time.

Come January, the work on my house should be complete, and I should have a bunch of time on my hands because I’ve gone and quit my job so I can go on my dream trip and live a more authentic life than the assholes on Instagram who use that #authenticlife hashtag do (pretty sure they’re all faking it, but to each his own).

Anyway, here’s the list of recipes my timeline has thrown at me that I want to make. There’s a lot from Tasting Table and the NYT because I follow them and because they have beautiful food photos that make me drool.

I’ll add to this list as time goes on, and as I make these delicious things, I’ll add links to the posts where I document the making and the eating.

Appetizers/Snacks/Sides

Bacon-wrapped Dates with Parmesan (Because OF COURSE. I will also mix things up cheese-wise and try some Gruyere up in there. And brush the bacon with some variety of Laura Ann’s Jams, probably Raspberry Habanero because it’s the greatest thing to ever meet sugar and a jar).

Taqueria-Style Pickled Carrots (my ex-husband would eat the entire bowl of pickled vegetables every time we went out for Mexican food, so I mostly want to make this so I can give him a jar, because we’re that kind of ex).

Dinner Food

Cacio e Pepe (I don’t know why I need a recipe for pasta and cheese, because this comes as naturally to me as boiling water, but I’m going to follow this recipe anyway because maybe I’ll learn something new).

Dessert

Mille-Crepe Tiramisu Cake (who are we kidding? I’m never going to make this. I’m going to think about it, and plan to do it, and probably buy all of the ingredients, and then I’m going to drink all the Cognac while looking at the ingredients sitting on my counter and decide against it. But maybe I will).